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Lingual bone

Lingual bone --> hyoid bone

(Science: anatomy) a U-shaped bone lying between the mandible and the larynx, suspended from the styloid processes by slender stylohyoid ligaments.

See: hyoid apparatus.

Synonym: os hyoideum, lingual bone, tongue bone.


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